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Marriage and Family Life
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Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the following matters are of the exclusive competence of the Central Power:
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36. legislation concerning[,] notably;
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h. … the protection of mother and child,
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Sans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, les matières suivantes sont de la compétence exclusive du pouvoir central:
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36. la législation notamment concernant:
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h) … la protection maternelle et infantile,
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Marriage and Family Life
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(2) Women have the same rights as men regarding the custody and guardianship of children, but an Act of Parliament may regulate how those rights are to be exercised.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The State shall grant the benefits of social security, which shall be of an integral nature and may not be waived. In particular, the laws shall establish: compulsory social insurance, which shall be in charge of national or provincial entities with financial and economic autonomy, administered by the interested parties with State participation, with no overlapping of contributions; adjustable retirements and pensions; full family protection; protection of homestead; family allowances and access to a worthy housing. (Sec. 14bis) - Spanish…
El Estado otorgará los beneficios de la seguridad social, que tendrá carácter de integral e irrenunciable. En especial, la ley establecerá: el seguro social obligatorio, que estará a cargo de entidades nacionales o provinciales con autonomía financiera y económica, administradas por los interesados con participación del Estado, sin que pueda existir superposición de aportes; jubilaciones y pensiones móviles; la protección integral de la familia; la defensa del bien de familia; la compensación económica familiar y el acceso a una vivienda digna. (Art. 14bis)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Marriage and the family shall enjoy the special protection of the state.
(2) The care and upbringing of children is the natural right of parents and a duty primarily incumbent upon them. The state shall watch over them in the performance of this duty.
(3) Children may be separated from their families against the will of their parents or guardians only pursuant to a law, and only if the parents or guardians fail in their duties or the children are otherwise in danger of serious neglect.
(4) Every mother shall be entitled to the protection and care of the community.
(5) Children born outside of marriage shall be provided by legislation with the same opportunities for physical and mental development and for their position in society as are enjoyed by those born within marriage. (Art. 6) - German(1) Ehe und Familie stehen unter dem besonderen Schutze der staatlichen Ordnung.
(2) Pflege und Erziehung der Kinder sind das natürliche Recht der Eltern und die zuvörderst ihnen obliegende Pflicht. Über ihre Betätigung wacht die staatliche Gemeinschaft.
(3) Gegen den Willen der Erziehungsberechtigten dürfen Kinder nur auf Grund eines Gesetzes von der Familie getrennt werden, wenn die Erziehungsberechtigten versagen oder wenn die Kinder aus anderen Gründen zu verwahrlosen drohen.
(4) Jede Mutter hat Anspruch auf den Schutz und die Fürsorge der Gemeinschaft.
(5) Den unehelichen Kindern sind durch die Gesetzgebung die gleichen Bedingungen für ihre leibliche und seelische Entwicklung und ihre Stellung in der Gesellschaft zu schaffen wie den ehelichen Kindern. (Art. 6)
Marriage and Family Life
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4. The law shall make provisions for special protection with respect to the work of minors, of the disabled and of women during and after their pregnancy.
5. The law shall guarantee to women working conditions that will allow them the exercise of their maternal and family function. (Art. 63) - Portuguese...
4. A lei estabelece especial protecção ao trabalho de menores, de portadores de deficiência e de mulheres durante a gravidez e pós-parto.
5. A lei garante à mulher condições de trabalho que facilitem o exercício da sua função maternal e familiar. (Art. 63)
Marriage and Family Life
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19. The State shall endeavour to promote those conditions that are conducive to co-operation in community life and the integrity of the extended family structure.
… (Art. 9) - Dzongkha
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༡༩) རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱིས་ མི་སྡེ་འཚོ་བའི་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་དང་ ཉེ་ཚན་འདུ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་རྟེན་གཞི་གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་ ལུ་ཕན་སླབས་ཆེ་བའི་ ཆ་རྐྱེན་ཚུ་ ཡར་དྲག་གཏང་ནི་ལུ་བརྩོན་ཤུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགོ།
... ༼རྩ་ཚན་༩༽
Marriage and Family Life
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c. To know and be cared for by his or her parents or legal guardians;
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4. Children born out of wedlock shall have the same rights as children born of wedlock.
… (Art. 36) - Amharic1. ማንኛውም ሕጻን የሚከተሉት መብቶች አሉት፤
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ሐ/ ወላጆቹን ወይም በሕግ የማሳደግ መብት ያላቸውን ሰዎች የማወቅና የእነሱንም እንክብካቤ የማግኘት፣
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4. ከጋብቻ ውጭ የተወለዱ ሕጻናት በጋብቻ ከተወለዱ ሕጻናት ጋር እኩል መብት አላቸው፡፡
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishI. The marriage between a man and a woman is formed by legal bond and is based on equality of the rights and duties of the spouses.
II. The free unions or de facto unions, which meet the conditions of stability and singularity and that are maintained between a man and a women without legal impediment, shall have the same effects as a civil marriage, both in the personal and property relations of the couple as well as with respect to adopted children or to children born to the couple. (Art. 63) - SpanishI. El matrimonio entre una mujer y un hombre se constituye por vínculos jurídicos y se basa en la igualdad de derechos y deberes de los cónyuges.
II. Las uniones libres o de hecho que reúnan condiciones de estabilidad y singularidad, y sean mantenidas entre una mujer y un hombre sin impedimento legal, producirán los mismos efectos que el matrimonio civil, tanto en las relaciones personales y patrimoniales de los convivientes como en lo que respecta a las hijas e hijos adoptados o nacidos de aquéllas. (Art. 63)
Marriage and Family Life
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1. Personal and family life shall be inviolable.
… (Art. 15) - Georgian
1. ადამიანის პირადი და ოჯახური ცხოვრება ხელშეუხებელია.
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Marriage and Family Life
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Workers shall be entitled to a remuneration commensurate to the quantity and quality of their work and in any case such as to ensure them and their families a free and dignified existence.
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Il lavoratore ha diritto ad una retribuzione proporzionata alla quantità e qualità del suo lavoro e in ogni caso sufficiente ad assicurare a sé e alla famiglia un’esistenza libera e dignitosa.
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